| Thursday, May 19th, 2016 | | Pacific League All-Star Game Selections announced: | | SP Masamune Arai (HOK) - 2-4, 5.02 ERA | | SP Masamune Hayashi (CHI) - 3-1, 2.50 ERA | | SP Yoshifumi Ito (TOH) - 2-1, 1.13 ERA | | SP Sadanobu Kichida (FUK) - 4-2, 2.98 ERA | | SP Jun'ichi Kimura (HOK) - 3-2, 2.56 ERA | | SP Yasujiro Koda (SAI) - 4-2, 3.40 ERA | | SP Noritoshi Takahashi (TOH) - 2-1, 3.08 ERA | | MR Isoruko Daisen (TOH) - 2-1, 1 SV, 5.40 ERA | | MR Masatake Ikarashi (ORI) - 0-1, 1 SV, 4.38 ERA | | MR Sumiteru Matsumura (CHI) - 1-0, 1.98 ERA | | MR Takuma Sasaki (CHI) - 2-0, 5.49 ERA | | CL Masami Sakei (SAI) - 2-1, 7 SV, 3.26 ERA | | C Norogumi Suzuki (FUK) - .301/.410/.442, 3 HR, 26 RBI | | C Soseki Aoki (ORI) - .336/.448/.504, 4 HR, 19 RBI | | 1B Ryoma Nakano (CHI) - .343/.507/.824, 15 HR, 41 RBI | | 1B Kosami Kogawa (CHI) - .324/.430/.781, 14 HR, 35 RBI | | 1B Naohiro Kobayashi (FUK) - .391/.609/.710, 4 HR, 14 RBI | | 2B Tetsuzan Daikawa (CHI) - .337/.464/.581, 3 HR, 13 RBI | | 2B Eitoku Sasaki (SAI) - .297/.390/.593, 7 HR, 27 RBI | | 3B Yoshii Nakamura (FUK) - .303/.396/.555, 7 HR, 25 RBI | | SS Masakado Kamioka (SAI) - .372/.451/.577, 4 HR, 19 RBI | | SS Satoshi Kubota (TOH) - .324/.454/.552, 6 HR, 20 RBI | | LF Takuro Ono (ORI) - .292/.391/.438, 4 HR, 17 RBI | | CF Katsunan Fujimoto (TOH) - .354/.420/.671, 6 HR, 16 RBI | | RF Ken Hara (HOK) - .293/.402/.606, 8 HR, 22 RBI | | RF Kata Nishikawa (FUK) - .388/.488/.687, 9 HR, 37 RBI | | RF Toshikazu Kato (FUK) - .314/.391/.784, 15 HR, 38 RBI | | RF Kokei Sugimoto (SAI) - .327/.427/.644, 8 HR, 29 RBI | | Central League All-Star Game Selections announced: | | SP Rikyu Hara (YOK) - 3-0, 1.24 ERA | | SP Yasuoka Kichida (YOK) - 3-1, 3.28 ERA | | SP Subaru Kishita (HIR) - 3-0, 3.20 ERA | | SP Jotaro Kobayashi (HIR) - 3-2, 2.40 ERA | | SP Mitsuoki Miura (YOM) - 4-2, 2.31 ERA | | SP Toshikasu Takahashi (YOK) - 4-0, 3.21 ERA | | SP Hisanobu Taniguchi (YOM) - 3-2, 4.20 ERA | | MR Tadahisa Suzuki (HIR) - 2-0, 1.80 ERA | | CL Masahiro Fujii (TOK) - 1-1, 7 SV, 0.61 ERA | | CL Noburo Ine (YOK) - 0-0, 9 SV, 1.72 ERA | | CL Harunobu Yamashita (HAN) - 1-0, 4 SV, 1.08 ERA | | CL Tsuyoshi Yamashita (YOM) - 1-0, 7 SV, 1.29 ERA | | C Hikaru Tashima (CHU) - .265/.340/.361, 1 HR, 12 RBI | | C Yoshitaka Kan (HIR) - .211/.306/.330, 3 HR, 15 RBI | | 1B Shiro Kamida (HIR) - .425/.579/.931, 13 HR, 29 RBI | | 2B Kazunori Ishikawa (HAN) - .330/.407/.650, 6 HR, 18 RBI | | 3B Kaoru Agano (HAN) - .333/.427/.630, 5 HR, 22 RBI | | 3B Takeichi Hamada (YOM) - .367/.477/.633, 7 HR, 19 RBI | | SS Yasuhide Daikawa (YOK) - .304/.432/.500, 5 HR, 20 RBI | | SS Yachi Okamoto (HAN) - .360/.453/.438, 0 HR, 7 RBI | | SS Tadanobu Nishida (YOK) - .347/.473/.528, 3 HR, 17 RBI | | LF Yoichibei Okawa (HIR) - .390/.507/.695, 5 HR, 14 RBI | | LF Toshikasu Ono (YOK) - .358/.478/.459, 1 HR, 23 RBI | | LF Shirai Kubo (HIR) - .324/.443/.722, 12 HR, 34 RBI | | CF Kichisaburo Komatsu (YOK) - .398/.489/.496, 1 HR, 17 RBI | | CF Makoto Ota (TOK) - .327/.448/.574, 6 HR, 21 RBI | | CF Aki Maruyama (HAN) - .308/.443/.705, 8 HR, 21 RBI | | RF Ienobu Kono (HAN) - .344/.487/.738, 5 HR, 16 RBI | | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles: Satoshi Kubota goes 6-6 against the Saitama Seibu Lions, with 4 RBI and 4 R. | |